The Belief That Stops You From Making (Big) Money

You keep yourself small. Don’t you?

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I’m lying in bed, exhausted, repeating my money mantras.

I am worth it. I am worth millions. I have something amazing to offer the world and deserve a massive payout.

I don’t remember when I fell asleep, but I’m jolted awake by a breakthrough so powerful I find it hard to take full breaths.

Hm. I guess these mantras work after all.

I’ve been ashamed of my business for 10 years.

I was ashamed of how much I charged.

I was ashamed of where I sold my services. A platform called Fiverr doesn’t communicate prestige.

I was ashamed that I’m a Bulgarian. I tried to lie about it in the beginning. Who’d hire a Bulgarian writer?

For a decade, as my business grew and allowed us to move cities, buy homes & cars, travel, eat, and send our kids to private pre-school, I was trying to leave it.

I was trying so hard that I designed, produced, and sold (7) notebooks.

I wrote the first drafts of two novels.

I wrote children’s books.